Store-front and show-case construction.



W. R. PHILLIPS. STORE FRONT AND SHOW CASE CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 20, 1911.

#045,740. P tent d Nov. 26, 1912.

INVENTOR Mfimyw BY Jag yi 1 ATTORNEY UNITED @TATEtB earner certs-a.

WILLIAM R. PHILLIPS, F GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNUR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-THIRD TO ALFRED I). PHILLIPS, OF CINCINNATI,

OHIO, AND ONE-THIRD TO JAMES L. ADAMS. OF CGBAOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA.

STORE-FRONT AND SHOW-EASE CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented For. 26, 1591 2.

Application filed October 20, 1911. Serial No. 555,761.

and .useful Improvements in Store-Front and Show Case C(uistructicn, ofwhich .the

' following is a specification.

. reliable, and cheap corner My invention relates to improvements in theconstruction of store-fronts and show cases and has particular referenceto the means for connecting and supporting the edges of the glasstherein.

he principal object of my invention is to provide store-fronts,show-cases, or other articles to which it'is adapted, with simple, anddivision bars.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a section takenacross portions of two plates of glass connected and sup-- ported by mypreferred form of corner bar. Fig. 2 is a section through portions oftwo plates of glass connected and supported by my preferred form ofdivision bar. Fig. 3 is a perspective of the outer clamping member ofthe corner bar, and Fig. 4 is a perspective of the inner clamping memberthereof. Fig. 5 is a perspective of my preferred form ofclamping screw.

On Fig. l of the drawing l and 2 designate twoglass plates arranged atan angle and having two edges provided with a corner bar embodying theprinciples of my invention. The outer member 3 of my corner bar isintegral from one edgeto the other. It is composed of two flat lateralportions, or wings 4, a hollow bead or central portion 5, and connectingportions be- 'tween the central portions and each wing.

The wings are preferably fiat of a single layer the outer faces of theglass plates 1 and 2, as shown on Fig. 1. The wings have, of course, thesame angular relation to each other that the plates 1 and 2 have. At theinner side of eachwing the member 3 is and composed bent inwardly alongthe line or angle 5 so as to form the wall ti, preferably parallel withthe plane bisectin r the angle between the plates 1 and 2, or the wings4. The bar 3 is bent at the inner edge of each wall l at.

substantially a right angle, the bent portions 7 extending toward eachother/to the bends 8. leaving a longitudinal space 9 between the ofmetal which rests against 1 said bends. At each of the bends 8, the barbent outwardly and back upon the said portion 7 and the walls 6, therebyforming parallel flanges at each side of the said space 9. The bar 3extends from, one of the said flanges to the other so as toform thehereinbefol'c mentioned longitudinal hollow bead or central portion Ametal channel bar 10 preferably of steel lies between the adj a centedges of the glass plates 1 and 2 and has its-flanges extendingoutwardly with their inner faces in engagement with the outer faces ofthe Walls 6. The bottom of the channel. supports the said inwardly bentportions 7 of the bar 3. The channel 10 prevents the spreading of theaforesaid flanges at the base of the bead 5 and forms a reinforcementfor the bar 3 whereby the latter may be made of lighter metal than wouldbe advisable if the channel were omitted. Bolts, only one, 11, beingshown, having their elongated heads within the bead 5 and resting on thebasal flanges therein extend through the channel 10, nuts,

outer, face of the channel, thereby binding the bar 3 and the channel 10firmly together. The flanges on the bar 3 are continuous so that thebolts 1.1 can clamp the bar 3 to the channel in all longitudinalpositions of the bar 3 on the channel 10, thereby not requiring the barto be specially prepared at definite places for the bolt heads, whichare shown sufficiently wide to rest on the basal flanges of the bar 3,and sufficiently long to prevent the rotation of the bolt. The innermember 13 of the corner bar has a general U -shape in cross-section, theedges of the member being bent outwardly at. 14, and then inwardly at 15toward each other so as to form the terminal flanges or wings 16 whichhave their outer faces in engagement. with the inner faces of the plates1 and 2 opposite the wings 4. The member 13 is arranged opposite themember 3 so that-'the bolts 11 may serve to connect the plates 1 and, 2and the members, of the corner bar together, the sleeve nuts 17 (onlyone shown) being turned up against the outer portion of the member 13.16 are originally construct- 12, on the bolts being screwed against thethe nicn'il'iers have been adthereto.

In Fig. 2' I have shown my invention in the form of a division bar, thatis, as a con- .nection between two plates of glass included between thesame planes. The construction shown in h1g2 does not difler materiallyfrom that of Fig. l. The wings 4: are in Fig. 2 necessarily between thesame planes, as they must conform to the relative positions of theplates 1 and 2. The inner member'13 has the bends l4 farther from thebase thereof than they are in the member 13 so as to make the inwardprojection of the member 13 as narrow as possible.

Although I have described my invention in detail, [do not desire to belimited to the details or their combination wherethe appended claims donot specifically require them to be so limited.

I claim- 1. In a store front or analogous construction, a pair of glassplates with adjacent edges, a channel-bar between the said edges, and anouter integral sheet metal member having wings bearing on the outerfaces of the plates, and a central hollow bead seated in the channel anda pair of spaced continuous'fianges at the sides of the bead andcontinuations of the flanges bent inwardly from the flanges andextending beneath the bead,

in combination with an inner sheet metal U- shaped member and havingwings bearing on the inner faces of the said plates, and bolts havingtheir heads within the said hollow member and resting on the saidcontinuations of the flanges, and their stems extending through thespace between the said flanges and through the said channel and innermember.

2. In a store front or analogous construction, a pair of glass plateswith adjacent edges, a channel-bar between the said edges, and an outerintegral sheet metal member having wings bearing on the outer faces ofthe plates, and a central hollow bead seated in the channel, and a pairof parallel continuous flanges at. the side of the bead andcontinuations of the flanges bent inwardly from the flanges andextending in the same plane beneath the bead, in combination with aninner sheet metal U-shaped member and having wings bearing on the innerfaces of the said plates, and bolts having their heads within the saidhollow member and resting on the said continuations of the flanges, andtheir stems extending through the space be tween the said flanges andthrough the said channel and inner member.

Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa, this 17th day of October, A. D. 1912.

WILLIAM R. PHILLIPS. lVitnesses Amen E. DUFF, F. BARBER.

